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Briefing
Chemical industry expo on Jan 19-20
A two-day international exposition on the chemicals industry -`Chemical Weekly Chem -Expo India 2001'will be held in Mumbai from January 19-20. Preceeding this, a two-day annual chemical business outlook conference too will be held on January 16 and 17. Both these events have been organised by `Chemical Weekly,' one of the leading weekly magazines on the chemical industry. The ChemExpo 2001 is expected to showcase the contemporary trends in the Indian chemical industry, the conference will deliberate on various important issues facing the fine and speciality chemicals industry. The two-day event will aim at providing answers to current concerns and raise significant questions about future developments. The impact of e-commerce is claimed to have been `profound' even on the chemical industry. Various related aspects too will be deliberated on the subject at the business outlook conference.Chennai Petro unveils novel bitumen
The Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL) has launched crumb rubber modified bitumen for laying high quality and cost effective roads. CPCL, which claimed that it was the first refinery in the country to produce modified bitumen, would produce about 80 tonne of the new product per day at its Manali plant here. Crumb rubber, used as the modifier and manufactured from discarded tyres, was supplied by Tinna Overseas Ltd, New Delhi, which produces it in the country, in a tie-up with US-based Gilsonite. Though the price of the modified bitumen was higher compared to the conventional bitumen, its use would increase the life of roads by two times, the release said. CPCL claimed that the Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, and Highways Research Station, Chennai, had confirmed the addition of modifier with bitumen increases its life. Copyright © 2001 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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